Abstract This paper provides a robust survey of short-duration, two-burn transfers from the Earth to lunar halo orbits. The results show that several families of such transfers exist, including quick four- to five-day transfers, as well as more efficient transfers that require three or more weeks. The trajectories surveyed in this paper all begin from 185-km circular Earth parking orbits, with varying inclinations; they transfer to many sample halo orbits about the Earth-Moon L1 and L2 points. It has been found that the quickest lunar transfers require between 3.6 and 4.1 km/s, depending on the halo orbit destination. If more time is available, then any lunar halo orbit considered in this paper may be reached for as little as 3.59 to 3.65 km/s. Finally, the paper discusses the costs and benefits of short and longer halo transfers applied to real lunar mission designs.
Direct lunar halo orbit transfers
The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences ; 56 , 4 ; 441-476
2008-12-01
36 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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